Table 1 General characteristics of the study populations.

From: Metabolomics reveals a link between homocysteine and lipid metabolism and leukocyte telomere length: the ENGAGE consortium

 

n

n_BMI

% female

LTL

Age

BMI

mean

SD

95% CI

mean

SD

95% CI

mean

SD

95% CI

KORA

3003

2988

51.8

1.85

0.33

1.84 - 1.86

56.08

13.25

55.61 - 56.55

27.61

4.80

27.44 - 27.78

NTR

1314

1307

33.3

2.54

0.47

2.51 - 2.57

50.60

14.13

49.84 - 51.36

25.97

3.80

25.76 - 26.18

EGCUT

1084

1084

50.3

1.90

0.30

1.88 - 1.92

37.78

15.70

36.85 - 38.71

25.16

4.56

24.89 - 25.43

TwinsUK

810

810

100.0

3.58

0.64

3.54 - 3.62

53.72

10.76

53.10 - 54.34

26.44

5.35

26.13 - 26.75

ERF

806

806

53.7

1.79

0.37

1.76 - 1.82

47.76

13.97

46.80 - 48.72

27.17

4.81

26.84 - 27.50

LLS

643

643

50.1

1.44

0.27

1.42 - 1.46

62.91

6.61

62.40 - 63.42

26.65

4.01

26.34 - 26.96

QIMR

193

0

48.2

3.43

0.56

3.35 - 3.51

18.44

12.65

16.66 - 20.22

NA

NA

NA

  1. Abbreviations: n = number of participants with data available on metabolites, telomere length, age, and sex; n_BMI = number of participants with data available on metabolites, telomere length, age, sex, and BMI; LTL = leukocyte telomere length; SD = standard deviation. LTL as a ratio of telomere repeat length to copy number of the single copy gene 36B4; Age in years; BMI in kg/m2.
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